A man shot his wife Monday and then called his mother, according to a Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

The man’s mother called 911 about 10:30 p.m. and said that her son, Joshua Hopkins, had called and told her that he had just shot his wife at their home on Callison Highway in Greenwood.

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Deputies entered the home, but could not get anyone to respond to knocking on the door. A deputy looked in one of the windows and saw a woman lying on a couch with blood on her forehead.

The deputies went into the home and found that the woman was breathing but unresponsive. An empty shell casing was on the floor near the couch, deputies said.

EMS workers were called to the home and took the woman to the hospital.

Deputies said they were told that a Dodge truck should have been parked at the home.

A short time later, deputies saw Hopkins driving in the area, and tried to pull him over. They said he eventually stopped and was taken into custody.

John Long of the Sheriff’s Office said Hopkins is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, failure to stop for a blue light and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Long said deputies requested a warrant for attempted murder, but the judge denied the request.